ARCHIVED - Three taken to hospital after eating marijuana cake in Cabezo de Torres

As the drug has a delayed effect when ingested people can be lured into overdosing

Three young people received emergency medical treatment in Cabezo de Torres in central Murcia in the early hours of Sunday morning after suffering the consequences of experimenting with a marijuana sponge cake.

The three, aged between 20 and 24, began to experience chest pains and spasms, and quickly called the emergency services as the drug began to take effect, far more slowly than if it is consumed in the normal way. Ambulance staff arrived to deal with the situation in the Avenida de Murcia, where of the four people involved three were taken to the A&E department of the Morales Meseguer hospital in the city of Murcia.

Experts warn that because the effects of marijuana take longer to become apparent when it is consumed via the digestive system many people end up taking far more than they imagine, resulting in them overdosing, and incidents of this kind are not uncommon.